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System Review? Over opps' simple transfer

#1 User is offline   aguahombre 

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Posted 2013-March-03, 10:49

During one of our routine system discussions, my spouse brought up:

(1N) P (2♥) ?
or
(1N) P (2♦) ?

2 of their suit=Michaels (OM +minor). For some reason, in all of these years this simple thing had never occurred to me ---but it seems to be the best use of this interference.

Is this so obvious it goes without saying, or is it new to others as well? I can't imagine 3-suit takeout or something else being more frequently useful.
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Posted 2013-March-03, 11:58

This has been discussed on the forums before.
It is a very common use of the bid.
More interesting is the use of double, which can be any of
- lead directing
- take-out of their suit
- showing a strong balanced hand (particularly against a weak NT)
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Posted 2013-March-03, 11:58

I considered it obvious at one time, and found out the hard way that my partners more often took it as various other things. Three-suit takeout seemed to be the most common guess, which still seems odd to me.
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Posted 2013-March-03, 12:32

I would say that 3 suited takeout is the most common. That is also what I play when the 1NT opening is weak (since I need double for strong balanced hands).

Against strong NTs I play:
Dbl: the suit doubled + the suit of the same shape (i.e. ♦+♠ after 1NT-2♦ and ♥+♣ after 1NT-2♥)
Cue: two suits of the same color (♠+♣ after 1NT-2♦ and ♥+♦ after 1NT-2♥)
2NT: both minors

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